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July 4, 2021

 

‘He was trying to stab me’: Marine gets medal for thwarting knife attack on motel receptionist A Hawaii-based Marine Corps lance corporal has been given the service’s highest award for noncombat heroism for protecting a woman from a knife-wielding attacker. READ MORE

Taliban take districts in northern Afghanistan from fleeing troops The Taliban's march through northern Afghanistan gained momentum overnight with the capture of several districts from fleeing Afghan forces, several hundred of whom fled across the border into Tajikistan, officials said. READ MORE

‘It’d be like a dream’: Pope airman from Ghana hopes to become a citizen for his daughter There are several reasons why Airman 1st Class Tayki Botchway wants to become an American, but he considers his daughter the most important. READ MORE   Poll: Biden approval steady, vaccination defiance lingers President Joe Biden has earned high marks for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but the government’s effort to vaccinate as many Americans as possible continues to face hurdles, a poll says. READ MORE   On July 4th, thousands gather in D.C. to celebrate a nearly normal Independence Day With coronavirus restrictions lifted and new cases plummeting, families arrived to Washington early for the holiday, converging on Constitution Avenue to pose with actors dressed as George and Martha Washington in front of the National Archives or write “Happy Fourth” in chalk on the street. READ MORE

Biden sees virus ‘independence,’ but COVID takes no holiday More than 200 Americans still die each day from COVID-19, a more infectious variant of the virus is spreading rapidly at home and abroad, and tens of millions of Americans have chosen not to get the lifesaving vaccines. READ MORE   Gamers and generals collide: Video game development company designs virtual reality training for B-52 pilots King Crow Studios virtually replicates aircraft and equipment to immerse new pilots in procedural training without burning fuel or occupying military personnel and equipment. READ MORE   Musicians faced death under Taliban rule; they may be silenced once more Here on the outskirts of Kharabat, the onetime home of its musicians and artists, Izzatullah Neamat is a keeper of an Afghan tradition that was all but stamped out in the chaos of war and the harsh rule of religious extremists who — hearing sin instead of song — outlawed music and threatened with death its practitioners. READ MORE   Massachusetts police ID suspects in armed highway standoff They were charged with a variety of offenses, including unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition and the use of body armor in commission of a crime, police said in a news release issued late Saturday. READ MORE   ‘We’re proud.’ Two Kentucky sailors killed at Pearl Harbor in 1941 coming home. The military exhumed the bodies in 1947 in an unsuccessful effort to identify them, reburied the remains in 1950 in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, and then disinterred them again in 2015 in a new push to identify the sailors. READ MORE

 

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